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Writing

Please excuse the appearance...this section is under construction.

Welcome to the Writing page. In our room, we have a "Writer's Workshop," which consists of ongoing writing assignments, DOL, Spelling, Cursive Handbooks, typing, and much more.   

​During the course of the year we will cover the district's student learning objectives. Please click the link and view pages 45-51. The revised Alaska state standards are here.

The students will explore a variety of writing strategies on a daily basis, including structured and creative writing.


More specifically, the students will have four major writing pieces during their fourth-grade year, with poetry and smaller writing tasks sprinkled in. The kids will also maintain a writer's journal, and in the mornings when they first arrive to school, they will be required to respond to a writing prompt on the board. This could be an invoking thought, a joke, a picture, and even a riddle. This exercise is intended to get the brain moving right away!

Our major writing pieces may include, but are not limited to: Summer Reflections, Persuasive Essays, Superhero Stories, Expository Books, Speeches, Fictional Narratives.  

Superhero Stories

The students will write comprehensive Super Hero stories during the third quarter.

Super Hero Project: Timeline
Super Hero Story: Packet
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Super Hero Comic Book: Requirements
Super Hero Comic Book: Templates


Super Hero Story: Brainstorm
Super Hero Story:  Super Powers
Super Hero Story: Requirements

Persuasive Essays

Outline and Topic Ideas

poetry

Seasonal Haikus:
--Autumn
--Winter
--Spring
--Summer)
I AM Poem
Six Rooms Poem
Diamante Poem
What I love about winter...

Spelling and vocabulary

​Quizzes and Tests? I do not have the students take spelling quizzes or tests regularly. However, the students do have practice packets. Currently, there are three different spelling lists (depending on skills and comprehension). Spelling is not assigned every week.

Also every February, there is a schoolwide Spelling Bee. Students are able to participate and below are some lists that can be downloaded and printed out for studying.

Scrippts Spelling Bee Words 2019-2020

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Here is a list of the 1200 most common High frequency words.  These words encompass over 89% of everyday writing.  

Here is a list of 5000 words used on the SAT (intended for "challenge" spelling activities).
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Additional challenge words


Click here for an alternative high frequency word list. 

Daily oral language (DOL)

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Free writing

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Writing journals

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Cursive Handwriting

Cursive Handwriting Practice Worksheets

Major Writing Pieces

Summer Reflections Non-fiction Narrative (Q1)
State Report Fictional Narrative (Q2)
Persuasive Essay (Q2/Q3)
Expository Books (TBD)
​Superhero Stories (Q4)

Figurative Language

Similes
Metaphors
Idioms
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia

Additional resources for writing

Destiny (district resources)

Tumble Books (digital books)
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Grammar Resources
Greek and Latin Roots
​Grammar Packet part 1
Grammar Packet part 2
Types of Sentences

Subjects and Predicates
Direct and Indirect Objects
Prepositions handout
Phrases, Clauses, and Complex Sentences
Subject and Object Pronouns
Types of Pronouns

​​​Participles
Irregular Verbs (Brief)
Irregular Verbs (extended)
Pronouns Handout
Appositives and Parenthetical Phrases


Essays
Common College Essay Prompts

Career
Department of Labor Careers List
Career Kids
Career Investigation assignment

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See Some Examples

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